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News Paris Agreement states urged to address human rights issues
Paris Agreement states urged to address human rights issues
Mark Casper
May 13, 2016 01:37:27 pm

Government signatories to the Paris Agreement will meet in Bonn next week and are intent upon discussing human rights issues with the plan. UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, John H. Knox, stated ...

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News Alabama governor signs two abortion restrictions into law
Alabama governor signs two abortion restrictions into law
Mark Casper
May 13, 2016 12:01:16 pm

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed two pieces of legislation restricting abortion into law on Thursday. The two laws, SB 205 and SB 363 , prevent the issuance or renewal of health center licenses "to abortion clinics or...

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News Supreme Court blocks Alabama execution
Supreme Court blocks Alabama execution
Mark Casper
May 13, 2016 11:13:02 am

The US Supreme Court upheld a stay of execution for Alabama inmate Vernon Madison on Thursday. In a 4-4 order, the court upheld the stay issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...

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News Florida ACLU challenges school district’s bathroom gender policy
Florida ACLU challenges school district’s bathroom gender policy
Mark Casper
May 13, 2016 10:20:09 am

The Florida American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Marion County school district on Thursday, challenging their bathroom policy as anti-transgender. The complaint was filed after a school suspended a student for...

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News Federal appeals court allows release of classified materials to Bergdahl’s attorneys
Federal appeals court allows release of classified materials to Bergdahl’s attorneys
Mark Casper
May 2, 2016 11:05:06 am

The US Army Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that the lawyers for US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl should be allowed access to classified materials. In an opinion made public Saturday, the three-judge court upheld the military...

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News Federal judge upholds North Carolina voter ID law
Federal judge upholds North Carolina voter ID law
Mark Casper
April 26, 2016 11:12:08 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina upheld the state's voter ID law on Monday. House Bill 589 requires that any "qualified voter voting in person ......

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News Federal appeals court rules no warrant required to obtain phone location records
Federal appeals court rules no warrant required to obtain phone location records
Mark Casper
April 14, 2016 10:55:31 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that obtaining phone location records without a warrant was not a violation of the Fourth Amendment . The FBI obtained cellphone locations of...

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News Federal appeals court rules Wisconsin voter ID law must be re-examined
Federal appeals court rules Wisconsin voter ID law must be re-examined
Mark Casper
April 13, 2016 12:16:38 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court ruled Tuesday that the district court must review Wisconsin's voter ID law to determine whether broad application constitutes an equal protection violation. The law ...

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News EU top court adviser: providing image hyperlink not copyright infringement
EU top court adviser: providing image hyperlink not copyright infringement
Mark Casper
April 7, 2016 11:21:46 am

Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) , Melchior Wathelet, stated on Thursday that providing a hyperlink to images without the owner's consent does not amount to copyright infringement. The case...

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News HRW: millions in Bangladesh affected by arsenic poisoning in water
HRW: millions in Bangladesh affected by arsenic poisoning in water
Mark Casper
April 6, 2016 12:40:01 pm

The Bangladesh government has failed to respond adequately to naturally occurring arsenic in rural drinking water, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Wednesday. The report found that the government's efforts to combat water-contamination has...

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Fall of Srebrenica precipitates massacre of Bosnian Muslims

On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the predominantly-Muslim town of Srebrenica, which had been designated a "safe zone" protected by Dutch NATO peacekeepers. In the days that follows, the Serb army and militias separated men from women and children, taking the men away in buses and killing some 7000 in mass-executions or ambushes. Learn more about the Srebrenica massacre.

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On July 11, 1921, William Howard Taft was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He had previously served as US President from 1907 through 1911. Taft is still the only person to have served in both offices.

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